Purdue Boilermakers

The Purdue Boilermakers are the athletic teams at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. They compete in the Big Ten conference, and the school colors are old gold and black. Famous athletes include John Wooden, Len Dawson, Bob Griese, Drew Brees, Glenn Robinson and Rick Mount. Longtime basketball coach Gene Keady won 550 games over 25 years at the university.

The Purdue Boilermakers are the athletic teams at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind. They compete in the Big Ten conference, and the school colors are old gold and black. Famous athletes include John Wooden, Len Dawson, Bob Griese, Drew Brees, Glenn Robinson and Rick Mount. Longtime basketball coach Gene Keady won 550 games over 25 years at the university.
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After a perfect conference record in its first season in the Big Ten, the No. 4 Maryland women's basketball team received a handful of individual honors Monday night. Most notably, Brenda Frese was named Big Ten Coach of the Year in separate voting...

CHAMPAIGN — After a 26-point blowout loss to Illinois on Saturday night, Northwestern coach Chris Collins described the Illini in complimentary terms as "hungry" and "desperate."
Illinois guard Ahmad Starks doesn't have a term for his team. But he...

CHAMPAIGN — When Allison Groce told her husband John in July that she was pregnant with their third child, it took but a simple mental calculation to foresee a collision of Groce's love for family and for basketball.
On March 15, Illinois coach...

MADISON, Wis. Bo Ryan's players didn't panic in the wake of their loss at Maryland.
They refused to see the loss, which snapped a 10-game winning streak, as anything more than a 40-minute misstep.
More important, the fifth-ranked Badgers didn't allow...

Doing what I could to avoid snowflakes and relentless wind chills, I locked myself in a cozy office over the weekend and attacked a protesting Asus computer to research the impact Gary athletes have had on college ad NBA hoops.
Growing fascination...

The first women’s basketball meeting between Northwestern and Maryland became another jewel in the crown of the Big Ten’s new court queen.
A 69-48 victory Sunday at Welsh-Ryan made No. 5 Maryland, a Big Ten debutante, the first women's...

MADISON, Wis. – On a day in which Wisconsin locked up at least a share of the Big Ten title with a 68-61 victory over Michigan State, Frank Kaminsky might have clinched the league’s award as the top player.
Actually those who watched the...

Bo Ryan posed a playful question after the game while glancing at the box score.
"Who's that Kaminsky guy?" the Wisconsin coach asked.
That would be Frank Kaminsky, the athletic senior who had the best night of his impressive season in his last home...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — D'Angelo Russell may be playing some of his final college games. If that's the case, he's going out in style.
"I could get used to this," the acclaimed freshman said with a grin after Ohio State fought back from a 12-point...